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Springs

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Grail said:
Hasn't he only played 1 game at fullback for NSW? Game 3, 2010. Game 1 and 2 was Kidley wasn't it?
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No Hayne played game 2 as well. That was the Captain Bench game of Gidley's.

What reason would you give for not picking Stewart on the wing then?

Don't get me wrong, like what he brings, but Hayne has so many more strings to his bow
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Because Hayne is a much much better winger than Stewart clearly. Stewart has never let anyone down at fullback for NSW, before his injuries he was one of our best, while Hayne's greatest performances for NSW was on the wing and he was great there last night. He invloves himself very well and that's why I think a 1. Stewart 2. Hayne would be better than a 1. Hayne 2. Morris.

Hayne might have more free reign playing at fullback but positionally or on his kick returns he's not as good as the other options at fullback which is why he got shafted to the wing. Interestingly though, last night one his his kick returns where he caught the ball on the fly he ran stronger and harder than any he's made at club level this year
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Exactly.

And yes, Harrigan is an idiot. Either Farah played at the ball illegally and knocked it out which is a penalty try, or what Farah did was legal and Inglis plain lost it (the right call). It's f**king obvious to every league fan around the world and would be called a knock on in every game of the last 105 years. Saying Farah legally knocked it out and Inglis didn't knock on is too ridiculous for words. If Farah legally played at the ball it comes back to Inglis's ball security, he lost it. Knock on. It's quite funny the bullshit Karl and some other QLDers come up with to try and justify it in the Interstate thread.
 
Parra Pride

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Eels Dude said:
Surely not... So Farah was playing at the ball in preventing a try but Inglis wasn't playing at in an attempt to gain possession to score one :crazy:
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If the refs truly believe Farah was kicking at the ball, it should have been a penalty try, or even an 8 point try, since leading with the leg to stop a try is illegal, just like Hayne in the 09 semi against the Dogs, so why was it not given as either a penalty try?

#BecauseTheRefsAref**ked
 
Eels Dude

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Parra Pride said:
If the refs truly believe Farah was kicking at the ball, it should have been a penalty try, or even an 8 point try, since leading with the leg to stop a try is illegal, just like Hayne in the 09 semi against the Dogs, so why was it not given as either a penalty try?

#BecauseTheRefsAref**ked
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Exactly. And that's what I posted myself last night on the thread about this in the Interstate forum.

#RefsAlsoContradictThemselves
 
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Eels Dude

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Springs said:
And yes, Harrigan is an idiot. Either Farah played at the ball illegally and knocked it out which is a penalty try, or what Farah did was legal and Inglis plain lost it (the right call). It's f**king obvious to every league fan around the world and would be called a knock on in every game of the last 105 years. Saying Farah legally knocked it out and Inglis didn't knock on is too ridiculous for words.
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I don't even think Farah was trying to 'kick' the ball out of Inglis' hands in the first place. It looked more to me he was just trying to get his foot in the way of where Inglis was going to plant the ball so he was unable to ground it... which he wasn't able to do and fumbled it forward in the process, then fumbled it again after it bounced off Farah's foot.
 
TheParraboy

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Parra Pride said:
If the refs truly believe Farah was kicking at the ball, it should have been a penalty try, or even an 8 point try, since leading with the leg to stop a try is illegal, just like Hayne in the 09 semi against the Dogs, so why was it not given as either a penalty try?

#BecauseTheRefsAref**ked
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Why should it have been a penalty try? Inglis planted the ball down, How do you reward a penalty try in that instance? :)

I dare say it would have been an 8 point try if Farahs boot hit any part of Inglis' body, eg his arm? Maybe someone can bring the rule book out regarding this?

At the end of the day, the better side won

Move on to game 2
 
Eels Dude

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Parra Pride said:
8 point try.

#RefsGotItWrongEitherWay
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They can't award a potential 8 point try because the offence occurred prior to Inglis grounding the ball. But if what Farah did was illegal he would still have been put on report or at least cautioned but he wasn't. And Harrigan said today Farah didn't act illegally too. Which means it had to be a knock on.

#RefsStillGotItWrongEitherWayAndHarriganCantMakeHisMindUp
 
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lingard

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Springs said:
No Hayne played game 2 as well. That was the Captain Bench game of Gidley's.



Because Hayne is a much much better winger than Stewart clearly. Stewart has never let anyone down at fullback for NSW, before his injuries he was one of our best, while Hayne's greatest performances for NSW was on the wing and he was great there last night. He invloves himself very well and that's why I think a 1. Stewart 2. Hayne would be better than a 1. Hayne 2. Morris.



Exactly.

And yes, Harrigan is an idiot. Either Farah played at the ball illegally and knocked it out which is a penalty try, or what Farah did was legal and Inglis plain lost it (the right call). It's f**king obvious to every league fan around the world and would be called a knock on in every game of the last 105 years. Saying Farah legally knocked it out and Inglis didn't knock on is too ridiculous for words. If Farah legally played at the ball it comes back to Inglis's ball security, he lost it. Knock on. It's quite funny the bullshit Karl and some other QLDers come up with to try and justify it in the Interstate thread.
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It`s a real tricky one, isn`t it? I agree that you wouldn`t pick Stewart on the wing. And since Hayne performs so well on the wing and brings more to the table than your typical specialist winger does, it`s not difficult to see why he is continually picked on the wing. But I remember the game he had at fullback, and I remember thinking at the time that if he was allowed to consolidate that position he could well become the best fullback the blues have had - because he really did have an excellent game. If it was up to me, I`d pick him at fullback and leave him there no matter what. But I do get your point and you might well be right. I`d like to see Brett Stewart a bit more involved in attack next time, though.
 
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